“Ang hirap pala maging babae (It’s hard to play a woman),” he said, after admitting that getting dolled up as a woman is as challenging as dancing in the middle of Edsa to direct traffic, a role he also played in the series.

(Like what I’ve said, [the process of] putting a make-up and dressing up, all would take two hours. Then us [males] when going to a date, it takes a short while to prepare. We failed to appreciate how hard for them to prepare [for a date].)

(If I’d be given the chance to go on a date, then I see my date so beautiful and orderly, I’d tell myself, ‘I’d date her for a longer perido.)

“FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano”, which currently dominates TV ratings since it aired last year, continues to draw millions of viewers because of its excellent depiction of policemen in service and its discussion of social issues like extortion, prostitution and drug trafficking.

Only words of gratitude could be read on Coco’s lips for all the support and praises he’s been receiving from the followers of his series whose run will be extended until July.

(With what I’m doing, I am not thinking about myself. I think of how to make our viewers happy, how I am going to entertain them and how I am going to share my experiences from what they are going to see in ‘Probinsyano’.) TVJ

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